Polymer Dynamics and Relaxation

Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-0-521-81419-5
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 266 Seiten, Format (B × H): 175 mm x 250 mm, Gewicht: 644 g

Polymers exhibit a range of physical characteristics, from rubber-like elasticity to the glassy state. These particular properties are controlled at the molecular level by the mobility of the structural constituents. Remarkable changes in mobility can be witnessed with temperature, over narrow, well defined regions, termed relaxation processes. This is an important, unique phenomenon controlling polymer transition behaviour and is described here at an introductory level. The important types of relaxation processes from amorphous to crystalline polymers and polymeric miscible blends are covered, in conjunction with the broad spectrum of experimental methods used to study them. In-depth discussion of molecular level interpretation, including recent advances in atomistic level computer simulations and applications to molecular mechanism elucidation, are discussed. The result is a self-contained, up-to-date approach to polymeric interpretation suitable for researchers in materials science, physics and chemistry interested in the relaxation processes of polymeric systems.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Boyd, Richard

Smith, Grant

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde Statik, Dynamik, Kinetik, Kinematik
• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde Materialwissenschaft: Polymerwerkstoffe
• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Organische Chemie Polymerchemie
• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Technologie der Kunststoffe und Polymere
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein Theoretische Physik, Mathematische Physik, Computerphysik
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Physik, Chemie für Ingenieure

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I. Methodology: 1. Mechanical relaxation; 2. Dielectric relaxation; 3. NMR spectroscopy; 4. Dynamic neutron scattering; 5. Molecular dynamics simulations of amorphous polymers; Part II. Amorphous Polymers: 6. The primary transition region; 7. Secondary (subglass) relaxations; 8. The transition from melt to glass and its molecular basis; Part III. Complex Systems: 9. Semicrystalline polymers; 10. Miscible polymer blends; Appendix AI: The Rouse Model; Appendix AII: Site models for localized relaxation.

Über Autor(innen)

Smith, Grant
Grant D. Smith is a Professor at the University of Utah. He has been awarded the NSF Career Award and the Outstanding Research Contribution award from the Eloret Insititute. He is also the author or co-author of over 170 papers.

Boyd, Richard
Richard H. Boyd is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Materials Science and Engineering and of Chemical Engineering at the University of Utah. He was awarded the Polymer Physics Prize from the American Physical Society and is the author of over 150 technical papers and book chapters.